Toss out those tropes

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Do you ever get that feeling of déjà vu when reading a book? You’re positive that you’ve never read it before but it just...

What’s the difference?

Fiction and non-fiction. Books and audiobooks. Romance and thrillers. These are all concepts that most people are familiar with. The world of books and...

Pride of place on the shelf

I am a huge believer in that representation matters and I have made it a goal of mine to expand our collection of books...

Libraries throughout the ages

Everyone, even people who don’t use public libraries, have an understanding of what a public library is. They may not know the minutiae but...

Wait – this movie was a book?

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It’s fairly common when you see a movie to notice the tagline – Based on the bestselling novel! But there are a lot of...

The gripe of a grammar geek

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Over the years, I’ve written a couple of columns on the subject of grammar and the common mistakes made when it comes to writing....

The romance of reading

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February is the month of love. Not just for libraries – though it is Library Lovers’ Month – but it’s also that time of...

Vital questions

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It’s well known that libraries have evolved over the years; we’re not ‘just books’ now, but social and community hubs, with a wide range...

Tis the season to be reading

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I’m pretty sure that the last time I blinked it was only January but here we are, another year almost at an end, and...

National Novel Writing Month

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November is one of those months where not much happens. There’s no school holidays, Christmas panic has yet to kick in, and even the...

Tech Taster Pilot

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For any parent who has recently looked into the WA school curriculum, you may have noticed something a little different to what we studied...

Battle of the Books – audio vs text

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We’ve spoken before about ‘real’ books vs eBooks but there’s another highly volatile topic out there that sets reader against reader – is listening...